Wow, sorry I asked. Goodness! I guess I shouldn't have wondered why 15 to 25k worth of cables would go on 7 or 8k worth of gear. I might be wrong about the numbers but I just wanted to see how your set up looks. Sometimes that works. I was just curious. I guess everyone just wonders because of the way you post. Not saying you don't believe in Tara labs. I guess some of the people got turned off by the posts. However, I will limit my posts towards you or about your comments
Wow!, how infuriating! , the gall some have! ,none of you have a system page but two of you, I have nothing to prove! , zephyr24069 and calvinj, I can go through the trouble of sending you two gentlemen pic's of my system in my house, cheers.
Zephyr24069, All he has to do is click on "System" under any of your posts on this thread to see your beautiful system.
Audiolab sounds like a salesman than he cares to admit. See the copy and paste of the Tara Labs new digital cable. He has not heard it, and will never compare it (in his system) to other high-end cables in the market, yet you will hear him say they are the best and nothing compares.
This is so new, it's still in development, however, this digital cable will be on the market in the next couple of weeks with a waiting list,the new benchmark for digital cable's for all other's to be measured by, The TARA Labs Grandmaster Evolution Digital Interconnect uses a pair of RSC® Gen 3 Rectangular Solid Core® conductors.
In the AES/EBU format, the conductors are critically spaced to ensure an exacting 110 Ohm characteristic impedance; this is the AES/EBU format used with XLR connectors. The RSC Gen 3 conductors are smaller than the Gen 2 version, and this provides a more extended bandwidth for the digital signal.
The TARA Labs Grandmaster Evolution Interconnect uses a system of woven filaments constructed from small Teflon tubes, to expand and displace the shield further away from the signal carrying conductors. In this way, the Grandmaster Evolution Digital Interconnect is able to reduce digital distortion, called ‘jitter’.*(Jitter explains why Digital cables sound different from on to another)
The Grandmaster Evolution Digital cable is simply the most astonishing digital cable in the world today. No cable comes close except the Zero Evolution Digital interconnect.
Optimized RCA-75 ohm & XLR-110 ohm AES/EBU configurationAnti-corrosion coated SA-OF8N copper shieldSupplied with TARA Labs exclusive HFX Floating Ground Station featuring ISM technologyRSC Gen 3 SA-OF8N copper in-line hand polished conductorsOptimized geometryGen 3 conductor eliminates coloration and distortion & jitterExceptionally revealing of low-level ambient and spatial informationPhenomenal die-electric construction and rectangular sold core conductors create an unbelievable, vanishingly low noise floor.
Taralabs does not make the mono block ISM grounding station's any more, the standard HFX grounding station's are bigger, with more cerelex material within the station than the ISM stereo grounding station's of the late 90's, the standard HFX grounding station is a only stereo grounding station, however, the concept of useing another ground station on The amp end and having two station's still apply as the post above mentions.
Taralabs does not make the mono block ISM grounding station's any more, the standard HFX grounding station's are bigger, with more cerelex material within the station than the ISM stereo grounding station's of the late 90's, the standard HFX grounding station is a only stereo grounding station, however, the concept of useing another ground station on
Hi lateboomer, no, you cannot, the HFX ground station is other than a good ground, it complete's the circuit of the floating shield's of the TARA lab's cable that requires the station, however, nearly everyone does not know you can buy another HFX ground station and use it on the other end of the interconnect for a huge performance improvement, how do I know, I've done it, as a matter of fact, I had two mono blocks TARA LAB'S grounding station's on the amp end ,then a stereo station on the source end of the interconnect, the result was stunning to say the least.
Audiolabyrinth, could I buy HFX ground station separately for DIY to use with my own rca cables? I mean to create rca adapters with ground pigtails to use with the HFX.
This is not on the Taralabs site!, this is what I will reveal to all the bi-amp speaker owners, I have 12 inch omega jumpers that go from the bottom post to top post, sounds damn incredible, was the top of the line!, mmm, now taralabs has introduced my next bi-amp 12 inch cable's, the Evolution omega line cable's, cheers.
Btw zephyr24069,I would be coming from mobile, Al, which is 8 hrs drive, I have been contemplating moving back to Pensacola, ft Walton, or Destin Florida, lived there in all three places for years, believe it or not, I've never been to Myrtle Beach S.C.
I have direct listening experience with nearly every taralabs cable's, what would you like to know? , I have on my system what I can afford, however, I've had opportunities to listen to other cable's that I've not owned, I'm sure you have too?
Audiolabyrinth, Do you realize that you sound like a salesman for Tara Labs on this thread? Do you wonder why people accuse you of such on this thread? Enough of your vague rants, let people with direct listening experiences share their experiences. People are tired of your copy and paste.
Hi zephyr24069,that is interesting, I have family in Landrum south Carolina, not long ago, I use to go to Greenville area every year, my mother owns her second home in Landrum south Carolina, less than 30 miles from Greenville, cheers
You're obviously well-versed on Tara Labs cables. You deserve a bonus when they deliver your paycheck this week. You always deny that you work for Tara Labs, but it's either that or you're actually Matthew Bond using a pseudonym.
Hi calvinj, that money goes toward your acquisition of the cable's pricing out the door, and by marginal chance you do not like, or want the cable's, pending the loaner is same condition that it was sent to you when you send it back, you get 100% of your deposit back, sweet!
This conductor type is only found in the flagship interconnect Grandmaster by taralabs,also, their is a new dielecteic and conductor out lay positioning that no other cable has by taralabs, Making Sense of….Gen 3 Conductors
TARA Labs, Inc. has just announced the introduction of its Generation 3 Rectangular Solid Core® conductor, to be used exclusively in its state-of-the-art interconnect cables.
TARA Labs claims that the Gen 3 conductor has an increased bandwidth or high-frequency extension, that makes it unrivalled in important test measurements and listening tests.
TARA Labs’ Matthew Bond said that the new Gen 3 conductor has the same current-carrying capability of a 28 gauge conductor but has the high frequency linearity of a 40 gauge conductor.
Matthew Bond explains why this is possible. “In a conductor with a rectangular profile, there is a huge reduction of ‘flux-linkage’ or ‘coupling’ of electromagnetic lines of force. These lines of force are created as the signal (music) passes through any conductor.” Bond said further, “In a round conductor there is a large center that tends to roll-off or attenuate much more of the high frequency information … this does not happen in a Rectangular Solid Core® conductor”.
According to Matthew Bond, the new Gen 3 Rectangular Solid Core® conductor is smaller than the current Gen 2 conductor used in most of TARA Labs’ audio cables. The Gen 2 conductor measures approximately 25 thousands of an inch wide and 12 thousands of an inch in height. Bond says that the Gen 3 conductor is about 66% of the size of the Gen 2 conductor, and that it is Super-Annealed™ to increase its conductivity.
Both the Gen 2 conductor and the smaller Gen 3 conductor are said to be Eight-Nines™ pure copper, which is 99.999999% pure. TARA Labs’ trademarks for this technology are 8N™ and SA-OF8N®. SA-OF8N means Super Annealed – Oxygen Free 8 Nines copper. According to Bond, the term ‘annealing’ refers to the method whereby a conductor can be made softer and more conductive.
The Omega Evolution speaker cable is as perfect as any cable could be. Blending a remarkable soundstage with instruments hanging delicately in space and absolute neutrality allowing every nuance to shine though. Truly a platinum standard for both tube and solid-state systems alike." – Carl Jerritts / APEX Audio
This is the new second from the top of the line cable from taralabs, the Grandmaster model is the only cable that supercedes this cable, no other cable on the market betters this cable in my opinion,The Omega™ Evolution
The Omega Evolution has now become one of TARA Labs ultimate speaker cables. The Omega Evolution is just one step below the Grandmaster Evolution speaker cables. The RSC conductors are insulated with a fine layer of aerospace polyethylene, a very neutral material with almost no audible effect.
The Omega Evolution delivers lifelike, almost holographic sound, pin-point imaging and clear resolution of fine detail with extreme ease. What you will hear is an accurate harmonic structure extending upwards with the finest and most delicate of high frequencies. This will be contrasted with a vanishingly low noise floor. The reproduction of the recorded space can only be described as holographic. The qualities of a reverberation and ambient retrieval are simply astonishing. The Omega Evolution has a level of performance that is beyond comparison to any other speaker cable in the world with the obvious exception of the Grandmaster Evolution.
BSM (with 1/4'’ or 5/16’’ Spades or Bananas4+ gauge conductor runs per channelSAOF-8N copperEach channel comprised of 224 RSC Gen 2 conductors in Aero-PE GMI dielectricSeparate positive and negative conductor run for each channelHelixed Rectangular Solid-Core conductors and air-tube technologySpectacular power and clarity. Absolutely neutral and coherentSuperb resolution of micro-detail and ambient informationPowerful dynamic contrasts. Superbly defined and vivid images
REVIEWS:
“Best speaker cable I’ve ever heard!” – YK Chan / Audiophile Magazine Hong Kong, 2014 “I think this is the most beautiful sound I have ever heard from a speaker wire...” – HIFI Shou / Chen, 2015
“I think this is the most beautiful sound I have ever heard from a speaker wire...” – HIFI Shou / Chen, 2015
This is a recent review of the Taralabs zero Evolution cable's, ,,,“The full-blown Zero Evo effect is dramatic, like you have on X-Ray goggles and can see how the whole thing is organized. It's defined to the max in all directions—left to right, front to back, up and down—and detailed, detailed, detailed.... not even the tiniest square footage, is blurry or vague. Detail builds upon detail. Every instrument has its own space and fits in with no overlapping, like pieces in a 3-D puzzle. The thing is so solid and images are so precisely positioned it has the aspect of a large piece of aural sculpture... This new cable has the fastest, cleanest transient I've come across, with absolutely no grain or edge marring its excellent delivery. Every frequency is perfectly aligned and that allows transient edges to come into view, revealing fine details of texture.” – Marshall Nack / Positive Feedback Online, Issue #81
We are all nuts. I look at all our posts. We are defensive about our systems. I'm careful from this point on because for the money spent on mods and cables I can upgrade my equipment. But I'm happy where I'm at. If y'all ever in Dallas let me know. You can hear it and see it all.
Sts, if you are referring to my amp, it did have those problems, however, along the way after getting all that fixed new, I had krell do numerous things to my amp, cheers sts, btw, you never said anything about the instrument cable post here I addressed to you.
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